Target SSC CGL 2016- History Quiz set-40

Dear SSC Aspirants, practice General studies questions for upcoming CGL 2016 and Railway recruitment board exam of 18000 vacancies. We will provide you various types of Quizzes for SSC CGL 2016.


Practice General studies and general knowledge questions for CGL 2016 and Railway Board Recruitment.

1. Who introduced " doctrine of lapse"?
1. Lord Wellesley
2. Lord Curson
3. Lord Dalhousie
4. Lord Lytton

2. Kalinga war took place in the year ?
1. 261 BC
2. 263 BC
3. 232 BC
4. 240 BC

3. In 1937, the congress formed ministries in.....?
1. 7 states
2. 9 states
3. 5 states
4. 4 states

4. Prince of Pilgrims was the name attributed to?
1. Fa-hien
2. Hiuen Tsang
3. I- tsing
4. Megasthenes


5. Who was the court poet of Harsha Vardhana?
1. Bhani
2. Ravi Kirti
3. Bana
4. Visnhu Sharma

6. Varahamihira is?
1. An astronaut
2. A space shuttle
3. A power station
4. An ancient astronomer

7. The Lahore conspiracy Case was registered against whom?
1. V.D Savarkar
2. Bhagat Singh
3. Chandrashekhar Azad
4. Aurobindo Ghosh

8. The Poorna Swaraj resolution was adopted in the annual session of the Indian National Congress held at?
1. Bombay
2. Lahore
3. Calcutta
4. Madras

9. The first women governor of a state in Free India was?
1. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
2. Mrs. Sucheta Kriplani
3. Mrs. Indira Gandhi
4. Mrs. Vijaya lakshmi pandit

10. Who said India's soul lives in villages ?
1. Vinoba Bhave
2. Jayaprakash Narayan
3. Jawahar alal Nehru
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Answers
1- 3
2- 1
3- 1
4- 2
5- 3
6- 4
7- 2
8- 2
9- 1
10- 4